Lot 159
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TOM WESSELMANN (b. 1931)
Property from the Estate of Felice Wender
TOM WESSELMANN (b. 1931)

Drawing for Catalogue Cover

Details
TOM WESSELMANN (b. 1931)
Drawing for Catalogue Cover
signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'Tom Wesselmann Study for Catalogue Cover For Felice 1968' (lower edge)
pencil on paper
9¼ x 9¼ in. (23.6 x 23.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1968
Provenance
Dayton's 12 Gallery, Minneapolis.

Lot Essay

Mouth, 1967 is a preparatory study that Wesselmann executed for the catalogue cover of his 1968 show at Daytons Gallery 12 in Minneapolis. The cover depicts a nearly identical rendering of Mouth but rendered in vamp red that was influenced by Marilyn Monroe's lips.

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